Utah winters are frigid and filled with snow — difficult enough even for people with warm and safe shelter to return to, but life-threatening for feral cats. Aggie Cat Services, a group of Utah State University volunteers, has been feeding and sheltering campus ferals for eight years. The volunteers catch feral cats with live traps, …

Four months ago, a grimy and dehydrated Persian cat was wandering the streets of Brooklyn searching for anything even vaguely resembling a meal. But today, he’s a star. And Facebook made it happen. Architect and screenwriter Kathryn Walton noticed the bedraggled feline snooping around her yard. She had already taken in litters of kittens born …